86 'Good Restaurants' in Las Vegas

The most difficult question I'm routinely faced with in Las Vegas is "What's a good restaurant?"

It's difficult to me because 1) there are hundreds of "good restaurants" in Las Vegas, and 2) I don't eat out much, and when I do, I usually choose my own humble favorites. That's hardly fair to those of you who count on me for a wise answer. So I've done a little research and compiled a list of more than 700 good restaurants. But don't worry - I'm not going to weigh you down with the entire list. I've whittled it down to a mere 86 restaurants to choose from.

Don't expect my list to be "the best" restaurants in Las Vegas. My scoring system is a little different than most.

First of all, my original list of more than 700 restaurants didn't include some of my personal favorites, Nora's Italian Cuisine and Outback, for example. So I added a few of my own favorites to the starting list.

Next, I created a cuisine score for each restaurant. If you don't have the same tastes as I do, then you're asking the wrong guy. I like American, steakhouses, seafood, and Italian, so restaurants featuring those cuisines got bumped up. I don't like sushi, Indian, Asian, and many other foreign foods, so those scores were slashed. Some foreign foods such as Chinese, French, Mexican, and a few others are okay, so those scores remain neutral.

I also considered location. Restaurants on the Strip where most visitors stay scored best. Off-strip scores were reduced a bit, downtown a bit more, and areas such as the Rancho and Boulder strips, and Primm, were heavily penalized. Scores for other areas such as Henderson and North Las Vegas are relatively neutral.

Finally, I indicated my personal favorites with a heart in a left column.

Go ahead and laugh. Outback is my favorite restaurant, so it's no surprise (to me, anyway) that two Strip Outback locations ended up in the top three positions. I also love red meat, which accounts for the high ranking of steak and burger places. And I don't like to spend a lot of money, so you'll see places like Olive Garden and White Castle in the list (sorry, In-N-Out was never even considered).

So here's your answer. I've done quite a bit of homework. Now it's your turn to analyze, evaluate, and make your final decisions on your favorite restaurants.

rank

♥

name

location(area)

cuisine

pricerange

1

♥

Outback Steakhouse

Showcase Mall (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$

2

BLT Steak

Bally's (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

3

♥

Outback Steakhouse

Best Western Plus Casino Royale (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$

4

Le Burger Brasserie

Paris (Strip)

American

$$

5

♥

Top of the World Restaurant & Lounge

Stratosphere (Strip)

American

$$$$

6

♥

Cheeseburger

Miracle Mile Shops (Strip)

American

$$

7

♥

Bobby's Burger Palace

Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Strip)

American

$

8

Harvest by Roy Ellamar

Bellagio (Strip)

American

$$$

9

THE Steakhouse

Circus Circus Hotel, Casino & Theme Park (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

10

The Old Homestead Steakhouse

Caesars Palace (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$$

11

Craftsteak

MGM Grand (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$$

12

Holsteins

Cosmopolitan (Strip)

American

$$$

13

Center Cut Steakhouse

Flamingo Las Vegas (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

14

Burger Bar

Mandalay Place (Strip)

American

$$

15

♥

Harley-Davidson Café

3725 Las Vegas Blvd S (Strip)

American

$$$

16

Lago

Bellagio (Strip)

Italian

$$$

17

♥

Margaritaville

Flamingo Las Vegas (Strip)

American

$$

18

♥

Cheesecake Factory

Caesars Palace (Strip)

American

$$

19

Guy Fieri's Vegas Kitchen Tequila Bar

The LINQ Promenade (Strip)

American

$$

20

Steakhouse at Camelot

Excalibur (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$

21

♥

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

Planet Hollywood (Strip)

Seafood

$$$

22

Carnevino by Mario Batali

Palazzo (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

23

♥

Hard Rock Café

Showcase Mall (Strip)

American

$$

24

Tender Steak and Seafood

Luxor (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$$

25

♥

Twin Peaks

Planet Hollywood (Strip)

American

$$$

26

StripSteak

Mandalay Bay (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$$

27

Giada

The Cromwell (Strip)

Italian

$$$

28

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

Harrah's (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

29

Bazaar Meat

SLS Las Vegas (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

30

Excalibur Buffet

Excalibur (Strip)

Buffet

$$$

31

Gordon Ramsay Steak

Paris (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

32

Picasso

Bellagio (Strip)

French

$$$$

33

♥

Bacchanal Buffet

Caesars Palace (Strip)

Buffet

$$$

34

Battista's Hole in the Wall

Battistas Hole in the Wall (Strip)

Italian

$$$

35

CUT By Wolfgang Puck

Palazzo (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

36

♥

Nora's Italian Cuisine

6020 W Flamingo Rd Ste 10 (Off Strip)

Italian

$$

37

Bardot Brasserie

Aria (Strip)

French

$$$$

38

Restaurant Guy Savoy

Caesars Palace (Strip)

French

$$$$

39

Aureole Wine Lounge

Mandalay Bay (Strip)

Seafood

$$$$

40

Sage

Aria (Strip)

Continental

$$$

41

♥

Feast Buffet

Red Rock Resort (Off Strip)

Buffet

$$

42

Twist by Pierre Gagnaire

Mandarin Oriental Hotel (Strip)

French

$$$$

43

♥

White Castle

Best Western Plus Casino Royale (Strip)

Quick Bites and Snacks

$

44

Crush

MGM Grand (Strip)

American

$$

45

♥

Olive Garden

1361 S Decatur Blvd (Off Strip)

Italian

$$

46

Portofino

Mirage (Strip)

Italian

$$$$

47

L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon

MGM Grand (Strip)

French

$$$$

48

Strip House

Planet Hollywood (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

49

Vince Neil’s Eat•Drink•Party

Circus Circus Hotel, Casino & Theme Park (Strip)

Mexican/Southwestern

$$

50

♥

Le Cirque

Bellagio (Strip)

French

$$$$

51

Mon Ami Gabi

Paris (Strip)

French

$$$

52

Tom Colicchio’s Heritage Steak

Mirage (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$$

53

Herringbone Las Vegas

Aria (Strip)

Southern California

$$$

54

Biscayne Steak, Sea, and Wine

Tropicana (Strip)

Seafood

$$$

55

Bound by Salvatore (Calabrese)

Cromwell (Strip)

Bars and Taverns

$$

56

Fulton Street Food Hall

Harrah's (Strip)

Quick Bites and Snacks

$

57

db Brasserie

Venetian (Strip)

French

$$$

58

Carson Kitchen

124 S 6th St #100 (Downtown)

American

$$$

59

Delmonico Steakhouse

Venetian (Strip)

Steakhouse

$$$

60

♥

PF Chang's China Bistro

Planet Hollywood (Strip)

Chinese

$$

61

Bouchon

Venetian (Strip)

French

$$$

62

Estiatorio Milos

Cosmopolitan (Strip)

Greek and Middle Eastern

$$$$

63

♥

Gilley's BBQ

Treasure Island (Strip)

BBQ

$$$

64

Hexx Kitchen & Bar

Paris (Strip)

American

$$

65

Joël Robuchon

MGM Grand (Strip)

French

$$$$

66

Gordon Ramsay BurGR

Planet Hollywood (Strip)

American

$$$

67

Flour & Barley

LINQ (Strip)

Pizza

$$

68

Andre's

Monte Carlo (Strip)

French

$$$$

69

T&T (Tacos & Tequila)

Luxor (Strip)

Mexican/Southwestern

$$

70

Nine Fine Irishmen

New York-New York (Strip)

Bars and Taverns

$$

71

Costa di Mare (formerly Bartolotta)

Wynn Las Vegas (Strip)

Italian

$$$$

72

Sinatra

Encore (Strip)

Italian

$$$$

73

Yardbird Southern Table & Bar

Venetian (Strip)

American

$$

74

China Poblano

Cosmopolitan (Strip)

Other Ethnic

$$

75

Raku

5030 W Spring Mountain Rd #2 (Off Strip)

Japanese and Sushi

$$$

76

Kabuto Edomae Sushi

Kabuto (Off Strip)

Japanese and Sushi

$$$$

77

Bacio Pasta & Vino

Tropicana (Strip)

Italian

$$

78

Chada Thai & Wine

3400 S Jones Blvd (Off Strip)

Thai

$$$

79

Umami Burger, Beer Garden & Sports Book

SLS Las Vegas (Strip)

Quick Bites and Snacks

$$$

80

Yusho

Monte Carlo (Strip)

Japanese and Sushi

$$

81

Señor Frog’s

Treasure Island (Strip)

Mexican/Southwestern

$$

82

Lotus of Siam

953 E Sahara Ave A5 (Off Strip)

Thai

$$

83

Pizza Rock

Green Valley Ranch (Henderson)

Pizza

$$

84

Tom's Urban

New York-New York (Strip)

Other Ethnic

$$$

85

Mizumi

Wynn Las Vegas (Strip)

Japanese and Sushi

$$$$

86

Andrea's

Wynn Las Vegas (Strip)

Japanese and Sushi

$$$$

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